Step 3: Cut and sand

Step 4: Glue and insert flash drives

Now it's just a matter of applying glue, I used Elmer's® Carpenter's® Wood Glue, clamping it and letting it dry. The fit was so snug that I just push...

I don't want to have one flash drive on hand, I want two. And if I'm going to be carrying two drives around I'd like to keep them together so they don't get lost. Thus the double-ended USB flash drive. It keeps my files together and looks nicer than a couple of drives hot glued together.

Why not just get one larger flash drive? Good question. Even with just 4 gigs on each of these drives I'm still not even coming close to capacity with the files I carry around. In fact I could get by with a 1 gig and be fine. The true answer is that I just want to have a physical separation of two types of files: work and personal.

Sure sure, this could be done with two folders on one drive, but I enjoy the switching of one drive to the other as a physical reminder of what I'm working on. It's also a reminder that maybe I haven't been giving enough time to my personal projects that keep the mental fires burning. Work is a fun challenge, I love my job, but to keep myself happy and fulfilled I desperately need to keep doing work for myself as well. If not, I don't see the point. Fulfillment of personal ideas is one of the most beautiful things in the world and I want more beauty in my life.

So no let's take a step back from the glory of creation to the building of a small flash drive, let's do this.

In my opinion, this isnt a good idea. I have two USB pen drives which i keep on a lanyard. There are many times when i have been using a file on one of the pen drives and needed something on the other pen drive. The only way you deal with that is to close all applications and files that are open on one drive, then unplug the USB pen drive before switching over.

I think the point is to have a total separation between work and play. if he wants to play around in his personal folders, he's going to have to stop all his work, which is exactly what is intended. that way there's not any time lost to the endless abyss of "my work's open, so I'm working, right?" when really you spent all day fiddling around with a 3d model of a banana.

im with you on this one, and you dont even really have to close anyhting, as long as you plug the flash drive back into the right end before you click save, no harm done. the only effect this would have is on portable apps, and even then most of them load into resident memory so they will run without core files anyways....

I can imagine the conundrums now. One side contains a virus to remove your identity from this world forever and make it impossible for you to find meaningful employment ever again. The other with make you rich beyond your wildest imagination. Choose! Muahahaha!

Or just use it for backups if you wish... Seems boring now though, doesn't it?

The quick and dirty way is to use clear epoxy glue, add a thick layer and it bonds and forms a thick plastic like protective casing. if you take the extra step of removing the case down to the board as is possible iwth many usb drives, you can paint the epoxy straight on the board and make it water proof.